We Run Quito

This past Saturday I joined my friend Emily and her friend Emma to run perhaps the biggest annual race in Quito.  7000+ runners created a mass of red pounding the pavement on a crisp Andean night.  To celebrate our finish, we grabbed pizza with their friend Paco.

LtoR: Me, Emma, and Emily (photo compliments of Paco)

The finisher medal and logo on the t-shirt worn by 7000 people!

After the race Emily spent the night so that she could see Cumbaya (aka CumbayMiami or CumbaYork for the wealth of Ecuadorians in this area and their affinity with travel to the US).  She commented on the size of the houses down here in the valley and we discussed some of the notable differences between our respective neighborhoods of Quito.  We also took some time to bake chocolate-butterscotch chip cookies that melt in your mouth and reminded us of home.

That was a fun way to spend the weekend, and now I'm debating a 1/2 marathon at the end of November...we shall see!